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pchastko.bsky.social
History teaches us that no one expects a head-butt. Author of the forthcoming book “The Boom: Oil, Politics, and Culture in Alberta, 1912-1924”
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If the U.S. wants to balance trade with Canada, “we will have to sell you less energy,” Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., tells @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. “I don’t actually think that’s what the [Trump] administration wants.” Watch the conversation: bit.ly/4lQn3LX

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Be EXTRA KIND to any Americans that visit CANADA 🇨🇦 this summer. #MOG8

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A brief description of some of the contents of my new bio, The Boom with CBC’s Rob Brown. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq26...

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It is imperative that Congress take back the power to set tariff rates. Only elected legislators are allowed to raise taxes and only elected legislators should be allowed to raise tariffs — which are simply taxes under another name. wapo.st/4lcJ2fw

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We don’t have to let Trump wreck our economy with tariffs—that’s a choice. The Constitution gives trade authority to Congress, not the President. Congress delegated tariff powers to the President and we can take them back. We have the bills (one is mine). We just need enough support to pass them.

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Read and think like a historian. www.persuasion.community/p/we-are-unc...

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youtu.be/xjUO4JO4IaY #elbowsup

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New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS explaining why Americans have treated Trump's threats to Canada as a joke and why that's wrong. campaign-trails.ghost.io/blame-canada/

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Is there a reason why Danielle Smith is traveling to Florida on taxpayers’ dime to participate in a far-right talk show that routinely has its content removed for hate speech? www.forbes.com/sites/antoni... #ableg

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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

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Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

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During the 1914 Boom, Calgary politicians and business leaders got a little heated

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